Thecostraca |
Balanomorpha |
Chthamalidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean: British Isles.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.2 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 3719)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 1963. (Ref. 3719)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Diet
Food consumption
Ration
Predators
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvaeLarval dynamics Human RelatedAquaculture profile
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.6 - 20.1, mean 12.2 (based on 230 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.